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Crisis Clinic has been answering calls from people considering suicide since 1964. Today, we are a nationally recognized leader in mental health, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention.

We are proud to offer the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), an internationally recognized workshop using evidence-based best practices. ASIST provides practical training for caregivers of all kinds including: first responders, mental health professionals, teachers, social workers, community volunteers, or anyone concerned about family or friends.

The emphasis of the ASIST workshop is on suicide first aid, on helping a person who’s at risk stay safe and seek further help. Like CPR, training in suicide intervention develop skills that reduce the immediate risk of death until other resources can be mobilized.

Learn how to:

Recognize invitations for help

Reach out and offer support

Review the risk of suicide

Apply a suicide intervention model

Link people with community resources

Working mostly in small groups of one trainer to no more than 15 participants, ASIST uses many different teaching processes to create a practice-oriented and interactive learning experience. Evaluations have shown that the workshop increases caregivers’ knowledge and confidence to respond to a person at risk of suicide, that intervention skills are retained over time, and that they are put to use to save lives.

Crisis Clinic is on the WA State Department of Health's Model List for Suicide Prevention Training for Health Professionals for both the six (6) hour training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management, and the three (3) hour training in suicide assessment, screening, and referral.

This training has also been approved for thirteen (13) CEUs for Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Social Workers. WMHCA Provider #1305.

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Crisis Clinic

Community Training Program

Crisis Clinic has been a first call for help for people in need of emotional support and social services for over 50 years. Today, we are a nationally recognized leader in mental health, suicide and crisis intervention, and information and referral services.

We are proud to offer a series of community trainings designed specifically for mental health and social service providers working in King County. Each course is conducted by a caring, skilled professional with years of hands-on experience in their field.